210,000 kilometers per hour. Almost 60km/40mi per second. Amazing speed when you think about it. Wonder if there would be any time dilation noticable if the craft ever gets captured and brought back to earth.
It’s really a shame they didn’t put better imaging equipment on Juno. The argument being that little science would be gained from it. I’d argue secondary effects would have made it worth the weight.
Basic science is the foundation stone of the past 200 years of human progress - and if anyone out there wants to put "double the science budget just because" on their manifesto they can have my vote.
I am so glad we live in an age where this is possible, and that it is celebrated and respected.
Fantastic.
How much time elapses in that time-lapse?
Edit: Two hours of real-time Jupiter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPMK_6-QrIg
What's the definition of a planet's atmosphere edge? Does it just keep on thinning out to a light year and beyond or is there a clear transition?
Can someone run this through ML to create a smooth animation?
In case anybody was wondering "Why is the frame rate so lousy?" the answer is that the probe only has about 325 bits per second of downlink on average.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)